Hi Sarg & Alan,

Thanks for that. Yes it is rather interesting, one of the perpetual aspects that keep out interest in that no two rifles seem to be the same.

The Evans rifle also has no engraving, odd for a No1 with ribbed barrel. But perhaps Evans requested the action plain and in the white, so they could finish as per customers wishes? I have not yet received the ledger details from Evans but will write and remind them later today, so they have it first thing (Monday) tomorrow morning in the hope it will 'jiggy' them up a little.

On careful inspection, I note that the rifle has the BSA serial number in four places (bolt, bolt handle, action & barrel) and the Evans number is in two locations (trigger guard and barrel).

Interestingly there is no marking to indicate the calibre! I am of course 99.99% sure it is .303" so don't suspect any surprise in that regard. I have heard of other example that have no calibre marking, so it's not unheard of - still rather odd and could you imagine that happening today?

While I was tinkering with it over the weekend, I gave it a good clean, and to my joy the bore came up really well. I had thought it a lot worse but most of that appeared to be just crud and dust, so aside from a small amount of freckling, it appears to have been not used too much and certainly consistent with the condition.

So fingers crossed to the ledger details soon!

Cheers, Roy.